He referred the case to the Statewide Bar Counsel, the office that reviews complaints against lawyers and can recommend other disciplinary action, including disbarment.

Miller claimed in her lawsuit the city Board of Education and City Attorney Mark Anastasi maintained a policy of hiring only non-black lawyers even though she knew they have two on the payroll.

"From what I can tell, Attorney Miller is fervently devoted to a noble objective of redressing discrimination. But no fervor for one's case may justify false statement," Judge Meyer said in his ruling. "My hope is that with time, Attorney Miller will appreciate the limits that truth and the rules of professional conduct impose for all cases upon the zealous advocacy of counsel."

Miller recently represented a Bridgeport school principal who was suspended for six months for dragging children through a school hallway. The controversial incidents were caught on video.

Miller represented Bridgeport Board of Education members in their successful opposition of the state takeover of the board two years ago, and served as counsel for a city teacher who successfully claimed he was punished for refusing the principal's order to falsify students' grades.

In the latest case, Bridgeport officials asked the judge to award Bridgeport $21,450 in attorney's fees and costs for the defense, but that was denied.

Miller was unavailable for comment.

"It is a serious thing to be accused of racial discrimination; particularly when the accusations are, as Judge Meyer found in his ruling, knowingly, intentionally and sweepingly false," said Associate City Attorney Betsy Edwards. "The defendants are vindicated and gratified that the court recognized the demonstrable falsity of these allegations and took appropriate action to remedy the damage they caused."

Andrew Cimmino was fired in 2010 as principal of Thomas Hooker School after twice being investigated by the state Department of Children and Families for allegations he abused students. Those allegations had been brought by two former school employees, one of whom was later fired for allegedly stealing money from an after-school program -- a complaint made by Cimmino. The state Department of Children and Families later cleared him of the abuse allegations.

Cimmino, represented by Miller, was later awarded $126,000 by a state Superior Court jury in his defamation lawsuit against the two former school employees, but a judge threw out that verdict. The two former employees are suing Cimmino in federal court for their firings.

Miller sued the city of Bridgeport, claiming she was being discriminated against because the city would not pay her to represent Cimmino.

"The defendants have paid Caucasian attorneys for the legal services performed by them, unlike its refusal to pay for such services performed by plaintiff," Miller stated in her lawsuit. "The conduct of defendants has deprived plaintiff of the same right to make and enforce contracts as is enjoyed by white citizens."

But in affidavits filed in federal court, Errol Skyers, an black lawyer employed by Bridgeport, states he has known Miller for 10 years and spent five days on a trial with her in his capacity as a lawyer representing the city. Michel Bayonne, a black lawyer and director of a law firm used by the city, stated he and Miller were on opposite sides in at least seven different city cases.